Thomas harper



(No Model.)

T. HARPER. LADYS WoRK BOX.

Patented Peb. 16, 1892.

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'rHoMAs HARPER, or REDDIToH, ENGLAND.

LADYSWORK-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,138, dated February16, 1892.

' Application filed October '7, 1891. ScrialNo. 408,061. (No model.)

Y land, have invented a neT and useful Improvenient in LadiesiVork-BoXes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention consists in a ladys WorkboX or portable sewing-cabinetcomposed of a series of folding panels inclosing a central chamber orbox-like compartment and being in the form, when closed, of a'satchel orreticule, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

The article may be made in leather, material in imitation of leather,plush, silk, or any other suitable material or materials, and forms acheap, neat, or ornamental and very convenient portable cabinet for useby ladies Y1n doing-fancy and domestic needle-Work and serving tocontain in an orderly and readilyaccessible manner the variousimplements or 'articles used in doing such Work, such as sewing-needles,knitting-needles,crochetneedies, scissors, and other like articles.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a View in perspective of the Work-box closed; Fig.2,V a like View of the saine open, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinalsection of it open.

A, B, C, and D represent a series of panels, the one B of which llasturned-up ends b and serves to carry or hold Within it a bodychamber orbox-like compartment E. The panel A, which is provided with closing-inend flaps a a., folds or shuts, when the article is closed, against theone side of the compartment E or edges of the turned-up ends b of thepanel B, inclosing said receptacle or compartment, while the panel Cfolds or, closes up against the opposite side of the receptacle oropposite edges of the turned-up ends b, and the panel D folds or closesover the open top of said receptacle or compartment E and engages by anouter ilap d and catch or fastening g with the closed panel A.

contain or hold on their inner faces in an orderly or separate manner,by, means of loops or pockets, the various tools or articles used inneedle-workhas, for instancethe vpanel A, a series of knitting-needlesh, covered and protected at their ends from slipping out by the flaps aa,- the panel C, a yilat sewingneedle case k, and the panel D, Which ispreferably padded, a crochet-needle, scissors, and other articles usedin doing fancyor domestic needlework- While the compartment E may beused to contain the work to be done and spools or other packages holdingthe silk, thread, Worsted, or other stitching material to be used in thework.` All these several panels and the compartment E and the articlesin or on them are fully exposed to View, ready for use when the panelsare unfolded or thrown open,.as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. y

This is readily and quickly done, and by folding said panels, asdescribed, the work-box or sewing-cabinet is just as readily closed intoSatchel or reticule form,as shown in Fig. l, and when fastened may beconveniently carried by a handle Z on the back ofthe panel D, forinstance.

It Will be seen that the sides of the box F. are Within the plane of theends b b, and thereby arecess is lformed at each side of the box forreceiving the needles and the like carried by the panelsA C, when thelatter are folded againstand contact with the projecting ends of the endpieces b l).

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ladys Work-box or sewing-cabinet, y the combination, with anopen-top box-like structure the ends of which extend beyond the sides toform a recess at each side of said The several panels AC, and D serveto.

structure, of iiaps on opposite sides of the IOO 2. In 'a lady-swork-box or portable sewingeral panels serving, when folded, jto inelosecabinet, the combination of the panel -lhavthe 'box-like compartment E,essentiallyas ing ulurned ends b ZJ, the box-like oompartshown anddescribed. ment carried by and Within said panel, the n 5 sides of suchcompartment being wit-hin the THOMAS HARPER' ends of the end pieces b b,and the folding Witnesses: panels A, C, and D on opposite sides of saidJ. WV. CAPUET, compartment constructed to hold different Banker,Redditch, England. implements of needle-Work, the one outer A. TUFFIN,1o panel D having a closing-flap CZ and fhe sev- BankAccozmtcmt;Reddich, England.

